Summer Garden Maintenance Survey

1. How challenging is it to find and coordinate reliable summer volunteers for your school garden? *

2. How likely would you be to use an online platform to recruit, coordinate, and communicate with summer garden volunteers? *

3. What are the biggest challenges you face in coordinating summer garden volunteers? (Select 3) *

Recruiting volunteers
Coordinating volunteer schedules and tasks
Training volunteers
Communicating with volunteers throughout the summer
Managing volunteers on site during the summer
Liability, safety, or school access concerns
Developing volunteer task lists that align with seasonality
Other

3a. Other:

4. Which summer garden maintenance tasks do you need volunteer help with? *

5. Who is helping to maintain your school garden this summer? *

Examples: School and SD staff, PAC, students, neighborhood residents, community organizations, youth employment programs, garden clubs, horticulture groups, etc.

6. Optional: What garden volunteer strategies or approaches have helped your school garden thrive over the summer months? Please share any tips that could help other schools.

Survey: What’s your experience managing summer garden volunteers?